Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Harvard Human Rights Journal
Volume
18
Publication Date
2005
Keywords
ingando, Rwandan genocide, solidarity camps
Abstract
This Note, based primarily on interviews with ingando participants, government officials, journalists, and genocide survivors conducted in Rwanda in January 2004, evaluates the merits and limits of government-run ingando solidarity camps as a means of fostering reconciliation in the complicated social landscape of post-genocide Rwanda. Focusing on ingando for ex-combatants, ex-soldiers, students, and released genocidaires, this Note argues that much of the ingando project is focused on the dissemination of pro-RPF ideology, a dangerous undertaking in a country in which political indoctrination and government-controlled information were essential in sparking and sustaining the genocide. Furthermore, a successful reconciliation program must take place in a society that values human rights; therefore, we cannot evaluate ingando in isolation from human rights developments in Rwanda. This Note argues that ingando will fail as a reconciliation mechanism so long as the Rwandan government continues to attack public spheres of independent thought and criticism.
Recommended Citation
Chi Adanna Mgbako,
Ingando Solidarity Camps: Reconciliation and Political Indoctrination in Post-Genocide Rwanda Note, 18 Harv. Hum Rts. J. 201
(2005)
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